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Mar. 6, 1923. Re. 15,554

J, SCHNEIBLE CONDENSER Original Filed Aug. 2, 1919 5 sheets-sheet 1WATER Jae 72 I g Mar. 6, 1923.

J. SCHNEIBLE CONDENSER Original Filed Aug, 2, 1919 5 sheets-sheet 2 Mar.6, 1923.

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UNITED STATES JOSEPH SCHNEIBLE, OF CHICAGO. ILLINOIS.

CONDENSER.

Original No. 1,366,957, dated February 1, 1921, Serial No. 314,818.filed August 2, 1919. Application for reissue filed April 26, 1922.

To all whom it 72mg concern:

Be it known that I, JosErH SCHNEIBLE, a citizen of the United States,residing at 130 North Wells Street, Chicago, in the county of Cook andState of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement inCondensers, of which the following is a specificatiom My inventionrelates to an improvement in theclass of condensers such are areemployed in the art of distillation.

The primary object of my inventlon 18 to provide a construction ofcondenser wherebv the vapors to be condensed shall be caused, in theircourse through the device, to have thorough and prolonged intimatecontact 4, with the cooling medium.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a broken view in verticalsectional elevation of a condenser embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is aplan view and Fig. 3 is a view in elevation of the same.

' The body or casing of the condenser 1S preferably but not necessarilybuilt of a desired number of annular sections 4, shown of preferredcylindrical form and each being provided about its upper end with aflange 5. The flange is 0 general V-shape in cross-section and projectsbeyond the upper end of the section to adapt the sections to lap orinterfit one against the other within the confines of the flange, asshown; and the sections are shown to be held together by acoupling-medium, of which only one is represented in Fig. 1, though aplurality thereof are used about the structure in practice. Thiscoupling medium is a boltrod 6 carryin nuts on its opposite ends,against which abut hooks 7 on sleeves 8 slid ably surrounding the rod.One hook engages the flange about one section 4 in the assembly ofsections, and the other hook engages the flange on another section; andafter. being thus engaged, by tightening either or both of the nuts thecoupled sections are tightly drawn together.

An annular bathe-plate or bathe-ring 9 extends from the inner wall ofeach section in downwardly-inclined direction toward the center. Beloweach bafile 9, except the lowermost, arerigid guide-vanes 1O rising incircular series from a concavo-convex deflector-plate, with which theyare integral; and alternate vanes are rigidly fastened at their innerupper corner-portions to the Serial No. 556,772.

baflle by clips 11 bolted through bosses 12 on the vanes to suspend thevane-and-deflector plate structure on the battle-ring. A condenser-coil15 is supported to extend in the interior of each section 4 about theannular space in the baflie-ring 9 below it. The terminals of the coilslead through stuflingbox and gland devices of ordinary constructionshown to be provided at corresponding points on the successivecasing-sections 4, and the outlet-end of the uppermost coil is connectedwith the inlet-end of the next lower coil by an elbow or return-bend 16;and so on throughout the series of coils, to render theminter-communicating.

The cooling medium employed, which may be cold water, brine or othermedium. flows downwardly through the series of coils and is thuscirculated through the interior of the condenser-casing, and the vaporsto be condensed rise therein. In rising, the vapors first encounter thelowermost halite-ring and passing through the latter they circulateabout the adjacent coil 15 and are spread by the adjacent deflectorplate 13, whence they pass through the vanes 10 immediately above it,which tend to spread them in their course and enhance the coolinginfluence thereon of the next coil; and from these vanes the vapors seektheir outlet through -the next higher annular baflle and proceed tocontact with the next cooling-coil, whence they are deflected to enterthe uppermost series of vanes to be again brought into contact with thefinal coil before discharging from the condenser to a suitablereceptacle (not shown).

I realize that considerable variation is possible in the details. ofconstruction thus specifically shown and described and I do not intendby illustrating a single specific or preferred embodiment of myinvention to be limited thereto, my intention being in the followingclaims to claim protection for all the novelty there may be in myinvention as broadly as the state of the art will permit.

I claim:

1. A condenser comprising a casing provided internally with abattle-ring, a deflec-. tor-plate above said ring and positioned abovethe opening therein, and cooling coils supported above the ring andsurrounding the openings therein.

2. A condensercomprising a casing provided internally with abattle-ring, a coolingring and extending about the opening there in. adeflector-plate above each coil and guide-vanes between eachdeflector-plate and baflle-ring.

5. A condenser comprising a casing formed of a series of annularsections, bafllerings at intervals in the casing-section,deflector-plates above the bafile-rings, gl1idevanes extending betweensaid plates and rings, and cooling-coils supported in thecasing-sections between said rings and plates.

6. A condenser comprising a casing formed of a series of annularsections, bafllerings at intervals in the casing-sections and incliningdownwardly toward the centers thereof, deflector-plates above thebafflerings, guide-vanes extending between said plates and rings, andintercommunicating cooling-c0ils supported in the casing-sectionsbetween said rings and plates.

7. A condenser comprising a casing formed of a series ofannular-sections, bafllerings at intervals in the casing-sections,deflector-plates above the battle-rings, guidevanes extending betweensaid plates and rings, cooling-coils supported in the casingsectionsbetween said rings and plates, and return-bends connecting the coils insuccession exteriorly of the casing.

JOSEPH SCHNEIBLE.

